Katherine Mendelsohn
@katherinemend.bsky.social
Theatre dramaturg and stage-play translator (french-english). Mum. Word-lover. Reader.
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www.institut-francais.org.uk
Extracts of two of my recent play-translations into English are included in this @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social book:
LUNE by Pamela Ghislain & LEVIATHAN by Guillaume Poix (2024 Festival d’Avignon production conceived & directed by Lorraine de Sagazan)
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LUNE by Pamela Ghislain & LEVIATHAN by Guillaume Poix (2024 Festival d’Avignon production conceived & directed by Lorraine de Sagazan)
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I'm just looking to buy some hankies (reasons) and OMG what the FUCK has happened to WORDS?
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I'm just looking to buy some hankies (reasons) and OMG what the FUCK has happened to WORDS?
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Queues at Scottish cinemas to see the Melania movie
a dirt road going through a desert landscape with mountains in the background
ALT: a dirt road going through a desert landscape with mountains in the background
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Queues at Scottish cinemas to see the Melania movie
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Noone could claim I'm not invested in fiction (chairing Booker this year). But non-fiction is getting a bit short-changed, I think, in this UK "year of reading". For some, it's always been non fiction (glimpses of other worlds, other ways of thinking) that started the reading vibe.
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Noone could claim I'm not invested in fiction (chairing Booker this year). But non-fiction is getting a bit short-changed, I think, in this UK "year of reading". For some, it's always been non fiction (glimpses of other worlds, other ways of thinking) that started the reading vibe.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.
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I’ve just written a story on this very theme, will air on Radio4 in April.
(Yes, mainly putting this here so it’s clear I didn’t plagiarise…!)
(Yes, mainly putting this here so it’s clear I didn’t plagiarise…!)
“War. War. War. Someone’s dog wearing a birthday hat. War. War. War. Kylie Jenner’s dress at the Golden Globes. ...This is how memory is organised online: not as lived experience,but as a flicker of unrelated images flattened into the same scroll...Everything adjacent. Everything equally temporary.”
Ukrainian playwright Olga Braga on how theatre can help us pay attention
January 27, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I’ve just written a story on this very theme, will air on Radio4 in April.
(Yes, mainly putting this here so it’s clear I didn’t plagiarise…!)
(Yes, mainly putting this here so it’s clear I didn’t plagiarise…!)
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“War. War. War. Someone’s dog wearing a birthday hat. War. War. War. Kylie Jenner’s dress at the Golden Globes. ...This is how memory is organised online: not as lived experience,but as a flicker of unrelated images flattened into the same scroll...Everything adjacent. Everything equally temporary.”
Ukrainian playwright Olga Braga on how theatre can help us pay attention
Is the antidote to doomscrolling... a dark room and a live story?
Ukrainian playwright Olga Braga on how theatre can help us pay attention
exeuntmagazine.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“War. War. War. Someone’s dog wearing a birthday hat. War. War. War. Kylie Jenner’s dress at the Golden Globes. ...This is how memory is organised online: not as lived experience,but as a flicker of unrelated images flattened into the same scroll...Everything adjacent. Everything equally temporary.”
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Philip Glass has withdrawn his symphony world premiere from the Kennedy Center:
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony."
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony."
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Philip Glass has withdrawn his symphony world premiere from the Kennedy Center:
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony."
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony."
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Q: Do you believe Kristi Noem has committed impeachable acts?
Rep. Khanna: Absolutely, she needs to go. She's presided over agents who are killing American citizens, who are overreaching in violating the Bill of Rights.
Rep. Khanna: Absolutely, she needs to go. She's presided over agents who are killing American citizens, who are overreaching in violating the Bill of Rights.
January 27, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Q: Do you believe Kristi Noem has committed impeachable acts?
Rep. Khanna: Absolutely, she needs to go. She's presided over agents who are killing American citizens, who are overreaching in violating the Bill of Rights.
Rep. Khanna: Absolutely, she needs to go. She's presided over agents who are killing American citizens, who are overreaching in violating the Bill of Rights.
“War. War. War. Someone’s dog wearing a birthday hat. War. War. War. Kylie Jenner’s dress at the Golden Globes. ...This is how memory is organised online: not as lived experience,but as a flicker of unrelated images flattened into the same scroll...Everything adjacent. Everything equally temporary.”
Ukrainian playwright Olga Braga on how theatre can help us pay attention
Is the antidote to doomscrolling... a dark room and a live story?
Ukrainian playwright Olga Braga on how theatre can help us pay attention
exeuntmagazine.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“War. War. War. Someone’s dog wearing a birthday hat. War. War. War. Kylie Jenner’s dress at the Golden Globes. ...This is how memory is organised online: not as lived experience,but as a flicker of unrelated images flattened into the same scroll...Everything adjacent. Everything equally temporary.”
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I'm gobsmacked. Who the fuck is going to go see this on Parnell St in Dublin?? Two or three screenings a day.
This can't be a normal commercial decision surely? It's distributed by Amazon, are they paying the cinemas to show it or something?
This can't be a normal commercial decision surely? It's distributed by Amazon, are they paying the cinemas to show it or something?
January 27, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I'm gobsmacked. Who the fuck is going to go see this on Parnell St in Dublin?? Two or three screenings a day.
This can't be a normal commercial decision surely? It's distributed by Amazon, are they paying the cinemas to show it or something?
This can't be a normal commercial decision surely? It's distributed by Amazon, are they paying the cinemas to show it or something?
"Richard Curtis has even called it “one of the greatest British films of all time” - quite the accolade." (BBC)
hurray hurray hurray - my film of the year last year, #TheBalladOfWallisIsland, has been nominated for 3 Baftas @bafta.org: Outstanding British Film; Best Adapted Screenplay. Best Supporting Actress.
If you haven't seen this film, it's such a treat. Gorgeous, moving, and laugh out loud.
If you haven't seen this film, it's such a treat. Gorgeous, moving, and laugh out loud.
January 27, 2026 at 12:42 PM
"Richard Curtis has even called it “one of the greatest British films of all time” - quite the accolade." (BBC)
hurray hurray hurray - my film of the year last year, #TheBalladOfWallisIsland, has been nominated for 3 Baftas @bafta.org: Outstanding British Film; Best Adapted Screenplay. Best Supporting Actress.
If you haven't seen this film, it's such a treat. Gorgeous, moving, and laugh out loud.
If you haven't seen this film, it's such a treat. Gorgeous, moving, and laugh out loud.
January 27, 2026 at 12:39 PM
hurray hurray hurray - my film of the year last year, #TheBalladOfWallisIsland, has been nominated for 3 Baftas @bafta.org: Outstanding British Film; Best Adapted Screenplay. Best Supporting Actress.
If you haven't seen this film, it's such a treat. Gorgeous, moving, and laugh out loud.
If you haven't seen this film, it's such a treat. Gorgeous, moving, and laugh out loud.
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Trump’s Turnberry mansion in Scotland gets vandalised. Red paint + graffiti were sprayed across the exterior of the Trump Turnberry estate overnight, including buildings + entrance features on the grounds. Police have confirmed they’re treating it as criminal damage + an investigation is underway.
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Trump’s Turnberry mansion in Scotland gets vandalised. Red paint + graffiti were sprayed across the exterior of the Trump Turnberry estate overnight, including buildings + entrance features on the grounds. Police have confirmed they’re treating it as criminal damage + an investigation is underway.
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Like demolishing the East Wing of journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Like demolishing the East Wing of journalism.
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A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM
A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
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"Billionaire parachutes in to save media outlet" continues to rack up a near-perfect record of failure.
A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
"Billionaire parachutes in to save media outlet" continues to rack up a near-perfect record of failure.
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I do not say this lightly when I tell you, as a proud Scot, that this is the funniest thing Keir Starmer has ever done.
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I do not say this lightly when I tell you, as a proud Scot, that this is the funniest thing Keir Starmer has ever done.
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Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
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“Every time I have come close to death under some driver’s wheels and had a conversation about it – the driver says they “didn’t see me”. I was there when you did not see me because you did not look.”
- Sarah Moss #spéirghim #cycling
- Sarah Moss #spéirghim #cycling
Sarah Moss: Cycling helmets and hi-vis jackets are symptoms of an Irish problem
Sarah Moss: Cycling helmets and hi-vis jackets are symptoms of an Irish problem
You’ll see very few helmets on cyclists in the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium, certainly no laws mandating their use
www.irishtimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 AM
“Every time I have come close to death under some driver’s wheels and had a conversation about it – the driver says they “didn’t see me”. I was there when you did not see me because you did not look.”
- Sarah Moss #spéirghim #cycling
- Sarah Moss #spéirghim #cycling
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Reform replacing the House of Lords as place where forgotten kooks go for the afterlife www.ft.com/content/0d8a...
Suella Braverman becomes latest Tory MP to defect to Reform UK
Former Conservative home secretary announces move at rally for military veterans
www.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Reform replacing the House of Lords as place where forgotten kooks go for the afterlife www.ft.com/content/0d8a...